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odour. The size of the plant can be increased » Electricity generation: All street lights
or decreased based on future requirements with 5.0 kVA generator
and can be easily shifted if necessary.
» Employment generation: 4–5 persons
Waste availability in Andarsul GP: A survey
directly
carried out in the GP revealed that 14,190 kgs
of organic waste is generated per day from » Total project cost: Rs. 50 lakhs, including
dung of large animals (6,920 kgs), dung of 5 years of monitoring
small animal (6,745 kgs), kitchen waste of
households (275 kgs), and wet waste from » Completion time: 3 months
hotels and restaurants (250 kgs).
» Type of plant: Community type
Project overview:
» CMC production unit: 1,500 litres
» Location: Self-owned land near GP office per day

» Total available waste: 14,000 kgs per day
Monthly revenue: The plant generates
» Capacity of biogas plant: 2 metric tons a total of Rs. 1,53,000 as monthly
per day revenue, which includes earning from the
replacement of LPG (Rs. 27,000), electricity
» Technology used: Pre-fabricated
generation (Rs. 12,000), sale of dry manure
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
(Rs. 60,000), and sale of liquid manure
bio-methanation plant
(Rs. 54,000).
» Area required: 6,000 square feet
Operational costs: The monthly operational
» Output biogas: 80 cum per day cost of the plant is Rs. 1,09,200, which

» Output manure: 400 kgs of dry manure covers the cost of manpower, electricity,
and 3,600 litres of liquid manure per day water, consumables, waste collection,
maintenance and insurance, cost of raw
» Pipelined gas connection: Nearly 20
materials, and expenses for sales activities.
hotels, anganwadi and school

utcome

The initiative ensures that the GP sustains

its ODF status, generates energy, income
and employment, keeps the villages

clean, and improves the lifestyle of
communities.

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